RECIDIVIST


Meaning of RECIDIVIST in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -vist ]

noun

Etymology: French récidiviste, from récidiver to relapse, from Middle French, from Medieval Latin recidivare, from Latin recidivus recurring, from recidere to fall back, from re- + cadere to fall — more at chance

Date: 1880

: one who relapses ; specifically : a habitual criminal

• recidivist adjective

• re·cid·i·vis·tic -ˌsi-də-ˈvis-tik adjective

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